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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. According to the Louisville Courier, Ed Corrigan said a day or two ago: "I am very well pleased with Reiffs showing. He had been out of the saddle a long time and was certainly "not in condition to ride with the best jockeys. He is rapidly rounding into form, however, and before a month has passed I believe that he will regain the form that he showed in England, in France, and in this country. Reiff has not signed a written contract with me, but he is a boy of good character, and he is honest, and his word with me is as good as his signature. I will not state at what price Reiff agreed to ride for me. I simply made him an offer | and he accepted it without a moments hesitation. I think this shows that the price was liberal enough, because I am quite sure that had he not signed with me dozens of owners would have been glad to secure his services. He is undoubtedly a great jockey. Like other boys, he often rides a bad race, but I have seen Tod Sloan, Milton Henry, Danny Maher and others of the best jockeys in the world do the same. Reiff is a good boy and I am glad that he will ride for me this season. "I expect to start two or three colts in the Latonia Derby. I have four or five which are eligible to this stake, but I may start only two. As yet I have not decided which colts I will send to the post in the Latonia Derby, but Johnny Reiff will ride one of them. I will ship the best part of my string to Chicago as soon as the Louisville meeting ends, and will simply ship these colts up to Latonia to take a try for the Derby, after which they will be sent on to Chicago to join the remainder of my bunch there." The defeat of Red Comyn in the handicap won by Harry New Wednesday is ascribed by the stable attaches to the fact that he had been worked with John McGurk in the morning. It was noted by everyone at the track that Dunnes entry ran as if they had been hitched together. After the race was over, Reiff said that try as he would he could never get Red Comyn to leave Mc-Gurks side until it was too late to win. "The horse did simply not understand what was wanted of him. He was used to working out with John McGurk, and ride him aa I would I could not get the idea out of his head that he should run stride for stride with his stable mate," said Reiff.
